the next year is attended a contraction of the -6,9% of the crocieristi in the Italian ports



After an increase of 5.1% of the crocieristi enlivened in the Italian ports in 2013, for the next year a contraction of the -6,9% of the passengers due is attended, in the first instance, to the displacement of some ships from the basin of the Mediterranean towards other areas of world-wide the crocieristica map. It today evidences the relationship of search "Italian Cruise introduced Watch 2013" to Livorno in the course of the third edition of Italian Cruise Day, forum on the Italian crocieristica industry devised from Answers Tourism.

More in particular, it explains the relationship cured from Answers Tourism, after recorded +16.5% in the first semester of 2013 regarding the same period of 2012 (about 4,42 million against 3,8 million) and closing of the year in course estimated in increase of +5.1% regarding the data recorded last year (about 11,44 million against about 10,9 million), the first forecasts for 2014 show a contraction in the number of passengers enlivened in the Italian ports of call of the -6,9% regarding esteem 2013. If such forecast will be confirmed, in the 2014 boarded passengers, disembarked and in transit in the national ports of call they will be about 10,65 million and they will be the 4,772 touched ships against the 5,235 estimated to end 2013 (- 8.8%). These data are yield of the projection carried out from Answers Tourism on the forecasts of 24 Italian crocieristici ports, ports of call that in the 2012 have enlivened altogether 95% of the total fleeting.

The study analyzes also to others aspects legacies to the economy of the crocieristico section. For that it regards the infrastructures a trend of increase of national the crocieristici terminals is evidenced, passed from the 38 of 2012 to the 41 of 2013, with a forecast of increment in 2014 of the ulterior ones seven unit.

With respect to esteem 2013 and to relative forecasts 2014 to the course of the turnover of the travel agents generated from the single one producing cruise, the relationship shows important signs of optimism. In fact, 75% of the interviewed ones to end 2013 estimate an increment or a stability of own turnover, percentage that in the forecasts 2014 salt of about 15 points percentages attesting itself to 89.8% (reference champion: 173 agencies).

In occasion of Italian Cruise Day, while, the Harbour Authority of Cagliari has announced that it will be front man in Italy for the project of the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) on the rights of the passengers. "In the next few months, thanks to the contacts started with the main players that insist on our port of call - it has explained Valeria Mangiarotti, responsible marketing of the harbour agency and representative for Assoporti in ESPO - will leave from Cagliari this important project of ESPO. They will be distributed of the brochure, they will be characterized of the corner informative and will be started an important sensitization campaign. Our port will be moreover between first in Italy characterizing itself for an attention to the disabled people, in particular crocieristi, than already from today they enjoy distances and facilities".

"The port of Cagliari - the president of the Harbour Authority of Cagliari has commented, For Piergiorgio Massidda, vice president of Assoporti - can once again bring to light own vivacity and own dynamism. We have the ambition to demonstrate that today the ports can receive in best of the ways the all passengers also those various skillful that own displacements and a staff of absolute excellence will find in our port of call average suitable to. I thank who, as our terminalista Cagliari Cruise Port has understood from quickly the spirit of this initiative, because in a climate of world-wide competition it wins who tip on excellence services and learns not to leave behind nobody. I am sure - it has concluded Massidda - than the example of our port of call will be followed by other ports and understood also from the Municipality of Cagliari that has already demonstrated of being careful to these dynamics".